Steptoe and Son (1962)

Name: Steptoe and Son
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Harry H. Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell

Comedy

Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who deal in selling used items. They live on Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old Ned", was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. It was remade in the US as Sanford and Son, in Sweden as Albert & Herbert and in the Netherlands as Stiefbeen en zoon. In 1972 a movie adaptation of the series, Steptoe and Son, was released in cinemas, with a second Steptoe and Son Ride Again in 1973.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (3,735 votes)
Seasons: 8
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1962)

7.58 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.9 29 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Offer: Pilot	7.4	107
2	The Bird	7.9	94
3	The Piano	7.9	84
4	The Economist	7.2	75
5	The Diploma	7.2	78
6	The Holiday	7.9	71

Season 2 (1963)

7.79 avg 7 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 30 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat	7.3	77
2	The Bath	8.3	79
3	The Stepmother	7.7	71
4	Sixty-Five Today	7.6	74
5	A Musical Evening	7.7	69
6	Full House	8.2	82
7	Is That Your Horse Outside	7.7	72

Season 3 (1964)

7.71 avg 7 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 25 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Homes Fit for Heroes	7.3	68
2	The Wooden Overcoats	7.5	72
3	The Lead Man Cometh	7.9	76
4	Steptoe a la Cart	7.7	68
5	Sunday for Seven Days	8.1	72
6	The Bond That Binds Us	7.8	67
7	The Lodger	7.7	68

Season 4 (1965)

7.83 avg 7 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 29 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	And Afterwards at...	7.9	68
2	Crossed Swords	7.8	63
3	Those Magnificent Men and Their Heating Machines	8.1	73
4	The Siege of Steptoe Street	7.9	68
5	A Box in Town	7.6	65
6	My Old Man's a Tory	7.5	65
7	Pilgrim's Progress	8.0	63

Season 5 (1970)

7.76 avg 7 episodes 7.9 → 7.5 29 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Death in the Family	7.9	72
2	A Winter's Tale	7.6	69
3	Any Old Iron?	8.3	86
4	Steptoe and Son - and Son!	7.6	70
5	The Colour Problem	7.7	64
6	T.B. or Not T.B.?	7.7	63
7	Men of Property	7.5	61

Season 6 (1970)

8.09 avg 8 episodes 8.1 → 7.7 30 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Robbery with Violence	8.1	71
2	Come Dancing	8.3	84
3	Two's Company	8.2	67
4	Tea for Two	7.6	66
5	Without Prejudice	8.4	72
6	Pot Black	8.2	76
7	The Three Feathers	8.2	60
8	Cuckoo in the Nest	7.7	73

Season 7 (1972)

8.55 avg 8 episodes 8.7 → 8.0 31 min avg

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Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Men of Letters	8.7	105
2	A Star Is Born	8.4	104
3	Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning	8.6	99
4	Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later	8.4	91
5	Loathe Story	8.0	95
6	Divided We Stand	9.2	138
7	The Desperate Hours	9.1	139
8	The Party	8.0	82

Season 8 (1974)

8.10 avg 7 episodes 7.4 → 8.4 31 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Back in Fashion	7.4	80
2	And So to Bed	8.1	85
3	Porn Yesterday	8.3	87
4	The Seven Steptoerai	7.5	82
5	Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs	9.1	108
6	Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard	7.9	83
7	A Perfect Christmas	8.4	117

Steptoe and Son (1962)

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